All Outputs (7)

Bridging the divide: Working as an academic practitioner (2021)
Journal Article
Thomson, T., & Colechin, K. (2021). Bridging the divide: Working as an academic practitioner. Career Matters,

Re-engaging with career theory and critically considering its relevance in this uncertain and changing world has given us renewed confidence in ourselves as practitioners. Last year, Kate and I stepped across the divide from working as career practit... Read More about Bridging the divide: Working as an academic practitioner.

Socially-Driven Enterprise Education: Exploring the effectiveness of socially-driven projects in developing students’ enterprise skills (2020)
Report
Davies, L., & Line, T. (2020). Socially-Driven Enterprise Education: Exploring the effectiveness of socially-driven projects in developing students’ enterprise skills. Enterprise Educators UK

The growing interest in social enterprise has arguably changed the enterprise education landscape with HEIs increasingly embedding social enterprise into accredited programmes and developing extracurricular activities aimed at engendering social entr... Read More about Socially-Driven Enterprise Education: Exploring the effectiveness of socially-driven projects in developing students’ enterprise skills.

Designing a new career development course: The ultimate CPD professional development & practice (2020)
Journal Article
Thomson, T., & Colechin, K. (2020). Designing a new career development course: The ultimate CPD professional development & practice. Career Matters, 8(2), 31

areer development practitioners are so keen to develop others that they often neglect their own development needs. So what if you were given a project that became a never-ending CPD journey? That's what happened to Kate and myself, both career consul... Read More about Designing a new career development course: The ultimate CPD professional development & practice.

Exploring the impact of socially driven projects in developing students’ enterprise skills (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Davies, L., & Line, T. (2019, September). Exploring the impact of socially driven projects in developing students’ enterprise skills. Presented at International Entrepreneurship Educators Conference 2019, Oxford Brookes University

The growing interest in social enterprise has arguably changed the enterprise education landscape with HEIs increasingly embedding social enterprise into accredited programmes and developing extracurricular activities aimed at engendering social entr... Read More about Exploring the impact of socially driven projects in developing students’ enterprise skills.

What happens when politics and career dreams collide? Considering the impact of Brexit on graduate career aspirations (2018)
Book Chapter
Thomson, T. (in press). What happens when politics and career dreams collide? Considering the impact of Brexit on graduate career aspirations. In A. Diver (Ed.), Employability via Higher Education: sustainability as scholarship. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26342-3_15

The EU Referendum revealed a deeply divided society, with 18-24 year olds voting overwhelmingly for Remain (Moore, 2016). For those students who started their university education within the EU and find themselves graduating in a country that is perc... Read More about What happens when politics and career dreams collide? Considering the impact of Brexit on graduate career aspirations.

How has the vote for Brexit impacted upon the career aspirations of UK undergraduates? (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Thomson, T. (2018, May). How has the vote for Brexit impacted upon the career aspirations of UK undergraduates?. Poster presented at Postgraduate Research Symposium, University of the West of Scotland

As graduates prepare to enter the post-Brexit world of economic uncertainty, is “getting a graduate job” their priority? And what does a “graduate career” mean nowadays? The substantive impact of Brexit on the UK labour market is not yet clear (In... Read More about How has the vote for Brexit impacted upon the career aspirations of UK undergraduates?.

UWE guide: Embedding employability and enterprise in the curriculum
Report
Urzelai, B., Hughes, G., & Threlfall, M. (2024). UWE guide: Embedding employability and enterprise in the curriculum. NA

This guide has been produced to support UWE staff embedding employability and enterprise within modules and across programmes when undertaking programme and module design and review. It aims to provide the resources that Programme Leads / or Subject... Read More about UWE guide: Embedding employability and enterprise in the curriculum.